Sverdlovsk Region Minister for Economy and Labor Mikhail Maximov announced in the course of a meeting devoted to the Great Eurasian University project and chaired by Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Eduard Rossel that the project was not clear enough or elaborated enough yet. Mr. Maximov also called for keeping in mind that getting any substantial financing from the federal budget was not very likely.

The Governor suggested that the meeting participants think carefully over the type of graduates this future university will produce, that is, the fields they’ll specialize in and the quality of their education.

'We need a very clear-cut idea of what this new-generation university will be like,’ he said.

At the end of the meeting, Mr. Rossel asked First Deputy Head of Sverdlovsk Region Government Vladimir Molchanov to cooperate with the local colleges’ rectors and look into all the details related to setting up the new educational establishment and prioritize the tasks that need to be completed.